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Estate Planning and the Step Family

For too many of us, estate planning is the thing we’re always going to get to but often don’t. It’s like flossing, but with exponentially greater potential for harm. I understand why we procrastinate, believe me I do, but a failure to act in this department can have a devastating effect on your family. Our financial planner had been after us to create an estate plan for a year; as we began preparations for an extended trip through Mexico, it seemed irresponsible not to have something in place. We contacted an attorney who came highly recommended, and blithely scheduled an … Continue reading →

Planning a Wedding- Part 3

Part 3 of wedding planning is here Wedding Dress If you are getting it made you will need to have it organized early. Some dressmakers and companies will tell you 7 months are not long enough so a lot depends on how long the engagement is. Or you might decide to buy one ready made. I did this when I married. I saw a dress I loved that was a bit different. I tried it on. It needed only minor alterations. It wasn’t expensive. I lay-byed it – the first dress I tried on. A friend hired her wedding dress. … Continue reading →

Wedding Dresses: Buyer Beware

Several months ago one of the local news stations here in Nashville ran a story about a bride-to-be who couldn’t return her wedding dress when her fiance died before their wedding day. (I think this was back around the time my mom got diagnosed with a month to live and went into the hospice. Which is why I didn’t write about it sooner. I’m just now working my way down the list of ideas I had back then.) I don’t remember exactly how her fiance died. (I want to say car accident, but that might not be right.) How he … Continue reading →

Marriage Week in Review: November 12 – November 18

While Courtney has been addressing engagement and rings this week, I have taken a turn toward discussing dating and meeting that special someone. I think that this week there is an article that everyone can enjoy! Check below for details. Monday, November 12 Shopping for Engagement Rings: Go With or Be Surprised? In this article, Courtney weighs options between going and picking out your own engagement ring or letting your mate take charge. Do You Tell Your Husband When Another Man Hits on You? It can be flattering when another man finds you attractive. However, do you let your husband … Continue reading →

The Marriage Blog’s New Millenium

Good morning! Welcome to our 1,000th post here in the marriage blog and let me tell you, it feels so weird to say we’ve been here for a 1000 different entries tackling everything from wedding planning to problem solving to dating and more. It’s been a real pleasure for me to be writing for this topic for nearly a year now and to share it with such an awesome co-blogger as Sherry Holetzky. With that in mind, we thought we’d offer a small treat for our 1,000th blog and we interviewed each other. So without further ado, let me present … Continue reading →

Wedding Planning: Great Gifts for the Groom

Did you know it’s tradition for the bride to give the groom a gift before the wedding? Groom gifts are a token of affection that the bride bestows on her groom. But your groom’s gift can be something simple and elegant, big and fun or high-tech and challenging. Here is a list of gift ideas that may stimulate your imagination. Remember, don’t worry about matching anyone else’s expectations – because what you give as your groom’s gift is between you and your husband to be. So here are my ideas for a great groom’s gift: Digital Camera – A digital … Continue reading →

Planning a Dallas Wedding? Resources that Might Help

Planning to get married in the Dallas, Texas area? One of the hardest things about wedding planning is making sure you have access to all the available resources. Sure, you can probably do a web search and enter a few key terms into Google and hope you find what you are looking for, or you can check out the following sites that I’ve taken the liberty of googling and look at for you. The first site is complements of WedAlert.com and focuses on helping you locate key wedding resources in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. The site offers brides and grooms … Continue reading →

May Marriage Month

I wanted to take a few minutes today to talk about what you can look forward to in the month of may here at the Families.com Marriage Blog. May and June are two of the most popular months of the year to get married. They are also the months we celebrate Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. In honor of these special months of the year, the May Marriage Blog is going to look specifically at all aspects of marriage planning. We’ll talk about ceremonies, marriage locations, bridal parties, wedding dress shopping,finding the perfect dress bachelor and bachelorette planning ideas, pre-marriage … Continue reading →

How Much?

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Would you pay $9000 for a wedding dress? To me that is an exorbitant for a dress for one day. Yet that is not considered all that expensive by some people. I guess it depends on what is important to you. $9000 was the price a friend’s daughter found the one she wanted for recently. It was too expensive for her. She could think of many other uses for that money. In the end she had her dress made overseas, an almost exact replica for under $500. When people talked about watching the royal wedding, which I didn’t watch, the … Continue reading →

Oh Sure NOW They’re Getting Married

Breaking news (not): Nicole Richie and her live-in lover Joel Madden are reportedly planning their wedding now that she’s pregnant with their second child. First comes love, then come marriage, then comes the baby in the baby carriage… obviously this children’s rhyme was penned by someone, who had absolutely no ties to Hollywood, or the 21st century. Baby first, marriage maybe second, or third (depending on how important career is). Hey, that’s how they roll in Tinseltown… and Toledo… and Tulsa… and just about every other place in the world. But, that’s life, right? Just ask first time parents Richie … Continue reading →